Yikes, It's Ike!!
Here are some 'Ike' pics. They are merely a snapshot of an entire city that looks basically like this. As I previously stated, every home is either picking up the sticks and leaves or more grandly putting their homes back together. We have power, but many still don't. You can now tell by the tell-tale signs of the 100ft. orange extension cord crossing the street from the generous to the electric-less.
@ home via tunnel. Neighbor 'E's tree fell across his porch roof and came to rest across our driveway. I cut this tunnel out to get to the backdoor.
front yard w/ many leaves, but no big sticks
We move to my Mom's area. Sunday was set to be a celebration of my papaw's 82nd birth day, with my Mom's whole crew (30ish entities) at her house. We all arrived amidst the furor. After church 'Z' and I were playing ping pong when the winds really rose up. We were walking to her house when the wind stopped us in our tracks a couple times. By the time the family all arrived the 'hood was engulfed in fallen trees, branches, the violent crunch of nature and of a concern both for our own well-being and for that of all the other folks as well. I actually took 'L' to a bday party in the middle of it all and picked him up later. It was wild and very stressful, but he had a nice time. yippee!
Looking south on Mom's street. The fallen tree hit the Honda van and the story gets worse. It was a family visiting from ?Chicago? and they were to leave late afternoon. Instead the front end of the car was rather damaged and I don't know if it was driveable.
Just down from Mom's house. This was the most damaged.
It wasn't hit by one but rather by TWO trees, north and south.
You can just see in this pic the 'V' in the roof pitch from the roof damage.
I try to get good nature pics, but I'm not very good at them, but I like this Moon pic, a full moon after the storm.
These are from a ride on Wednesday, 3 days after the storm. This is a major street in Seneca Gardens, a regular cut-through I take. I'm amazed that no one had touched this tree after several days.
Again, it was trying, but my truck came through unscathed while this poor unfortunate chap got it bad.
@ home via tunnel. Neighbor 'E's tree fell across his porch roof and came to rest across our driveway. I cut this tunnel out to get to the backdoor.
front yard w/ many leaves, but no big sticksWe move to my Mom's area. Sunday was set to be a celebration of my papaw's 82nd birth day, with my Mom's whole crew (30ish entities) at her house. We all arrived amidst the furor. After church 'Z' and I were playing ping pong when the winds really rose up. We were walking to her house when the wind stopped us in our tracks a couple times. By the time the family all arrived the 'hood was engulfed in fallen trees, branches, the violent crunch of nature and of a concern both for our own well-being and for that of all the other folks as well. I actually took 'L' to a bday party in the middle of it all and picked him up later. It was wild and very stressful, but he had a nice time. yippee!
Looking south on Mom's street. The fallen tree hit the Honda van and the story gets worse. It was a family visiting from ?Chicago? and they were to leave late afternoon. Instead the front end of the car was rather damaged and I don't know if it was driveable.
Just down from Mom's house. This was the most damaged.
It wasn't hit by one but rather by TWO trees, north and south.
You can just see in this pic the 'V' in the roof pitch from the roof damage.
I try to get good nature pics, but I'm not very good at them, but I like this Moon pic, a full moon after the storm.These are from a ride on Wednesday, 3 days after the storm. This is a major street in Seneca Gardens, a regular cut-through I take. I'm amazed that no one had touched this tree after several days.
Again, it was trying, but my truck came through unscathed while this poor unfortunate chap got it bad.
Comments
I'm thankful for your blog, or I would have had no idea L'ville was hit hard. (It did not seem to make big waves in the Philly paper, which is my real source of news.) I have not been able to reach my dad, but talked to my cousin, who said he was fine. (There is apparently still no power in Audubon Pk., so perhaps he headed to a motel somewhere for PBS' "Mystery")
I remember the '74 tornado(s), and this seems equally scary. Probably just as well I wasn't there this time -- it took me years to get over my telephone pole phobia from '74...
--Laura